(Table) Based on the Table, What Must Be TRUE About

question 257

Multiple Choice

(Table) Based on the table, what must be TRUE about the labor supply curve for wage rates up to $45 per hour?
$\begin{array}{c}\text { Labor Supply Schedule }\\\begin{array}{|c|c|}\hline \text { Wage rate (\$/hr.) } & \text { Hours of work (per week) } \\\hline 10 & 26 \\\hline 15 & 32 \\\hline 25 & 36 \\\hline 35 & 40 \\\hline 45 & 41 \\\hline 50 & 38 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$

• A) As the wage rate rises, more hours of leisure are consumed.
• B) The income effect dominates the substitution effect.
• C) The substitution effect dominates the income effect.
• D) As the wage rate rises, hours of work decrease.

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